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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-01
IngersOll on Music.

Although there are but few who suspect it,
it is nevertheless fact that Col. Ingersoll is
one of the most enthusiastic devo,ees of music
and as thorough going a Wagnerian as can be
found in this city. He never misses notable
performance at the Metropolitan opera house,
and symphony concerts are his especial de
light. While conversing with the colonel the
other evening the subject of music was
preached, and the colonel said that he got all
his musical education in two weeks, and that
that was enough to give him a knowledge OF
the principles that would serve him for life
time. He made the great discovery that there
were three kinds Of music. and these he CLASH.
fed in the following original fashion: The
first kind was heel music o. simply ryth.
mical sound, a succession of homogeneous
notes, or tattoo. This was the lowest form.
The second was what he called soul music,
or the repetition Of different sounds in vary
ing cadences. This appealed to the feeling
and the emotions, but went no further The
third and highest form Of music was thought
music" which is represented only by Wagner
and his school 1t was this form of music. he
said, which appealed 20 the intellect and ma e
man think in music language-New York
Graphic
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-01
Mind Versus Matter.

\ man came into the sanctum with fence
rail 10 annihilate the editor for an alleged
grievance. The latter. who was whiting,
looked up and said:
MY friend, did you ever consider that, even
if you did thrash me, you could not stop the
publication of this paper, and it would only
be TIE worse for You, because either myself
or my successor would be bound to get even
with you. Yeu may lick the editor TO your
hearts content, but the newspaper goes on
forever"
And instead of thrashing the editor tie
man left the fence rail as part payment OF
his subscription Joseph tMo.) Gazette.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-01

There are some disreputable pugilisfs, who
have played a mean game upon ambitious
young men. They engage to give pupil a
dozen lessons for stated price and demand
the money in advance. They give one les
son, but upon the second occasion make their
appearance in a seemingly intoxicated con-
dition and astonish thepupil by knocking him
all over the room and leaving him in gener-
ally battered and broken up condition. The
pupil has no desire to continue the study and
tae professor pockets the money and locks
cut for another pupil New York Journal.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-01
J. P. ALLEN,
-DRUGGIST-
Everything Kept in a first-Class
Drugstore.
Wichita, Kan.

Dr. billings ofess his services 70 all who are suffer
ms from chronic, stubborn and dangerous diseases
with every hope o. the thzs has always
crowned his efforts in the past thereby proving him
self worthy the confidence and patronage Of the SUI
fertng sick n Wichita and vicinity.
The doctor speciality is Scientific Magnetic Irest
ment for such cases as are found tncurable BY the
various methods Of medical treatment He has
demonstrated by thousands Of remarkable cures The
great superiority Of Magnetic Treatmont. a. he b
medication
The Intelligent application the healing Ar OF his
sstontshinS Magnetic ROVER. together with . thor
oosh knowltdge OF medicine and proper employ
ment OF the progressive and most potent remidtee
exhibited by al the schools OF mee4c3nc renders Dr.
Diiiings d"ubiy prepared to uear Tie adaicseS SIC
ceaafuly.
Call for consultation Do rot delay. Call and IN
spect several thousand honest endurNe Wena freen
former patients AID ffun the responsible newSp&psY
prcss- Then izcSe fer youxscH.
RemeHher.the loeasioa. No asE. MArkesstxees
once hours 10 r. m = noon. and 2 20 ~ >. m
sundays to p. m. evscines fr0n % sc cG
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-01
Hint for Agricultural Colleges.

The Gardeners Monthly suggests that agri-
cultural colleges assign small platS of ground
TO such OF the students as may desire to cult
vnte them and IN such way as their tastes or
inclinations may lead them These plats to
he supervised or overlooked by some compe-
tent person, and reports made at the annual
commencement of such as were found to be
worthy of special mention.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-01

Inc amcor az Afgnanhstan Is a discourager
Of letter writing and an enemy of newspapers.
He collects twelve cents for each letter sent
inside his domain, and no less than 81. Il for
each ewspaper.-Harpers Bazaar.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-01

The emperor of Austria smokes so much
that his doctors have warned him TO cut his
allowance down TO three cigars day. His
usual quota was about twenty
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-01

The prescription is the property of the
patient, on the principle that what lie pays
Ior is hs.-Meaical Record
The Labor enquirer., 1887-10-22
Don't Be Discouraged.
Labor Bulletin.

L0DOr bulloCln.
The greatest reformers should
not be discouraged because sue
cess does not await them at every
hand. The greatest reformer the
world ever knew, was not only
lied about and abused by the
wealthy class of his day, but was
finally put to death for advocat-
ing love and good will among
men. The anti-slave ery agitators
were prosecuted for thirty years
for preaching freedom and equal
ity for the colored man. Thus it
has been in all ages. He who has
the milk of human kindness flow
ing through his veins, who loves
to see truth and justice prevail,
who belives that all men are en-
titled to their share Of the boun-
ties of the Creator; that man if he
allows his conscience to map out
the path he must tread, is destin-
ed to wear a cross through life
and take the crown hereafter.
Few reformers have ever lived to
enjoy the blessings of their labor.
The only pleasure they ever re-
ceive is the pleasure of knowing
that they are doing right. Re-
forms are not brought about in a
day, and should not be expected,
as the evils which are to be cor
rected are the result of years of
years of ignorance and negligence
on the part Of the people, and ed
ucation must get in its work be
fore the healing process.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-10-22
AN APPEAL
Endorsed BY the Central Labor Union
and District 40, X. Of L.

EAloy Workingmen.'
You are aware of the decision
rendered by the supreme court OF
Illinois confirming the verdict OF
the lower court in the so-called
anarchists cases, and fixing the
day of execution for November
III of this year.
AS citizens who stand united on
the broad platform of human
rights and equal justice to all, ir-
respective of political or social
opinions, we now appeal to you
to do all in your power to secure
modification of the above-men-
toned decision.
Liberty, free speech and justice
impartially and fearlessly meted
out to friend and foe, are the only
safeguards and the primary con-
ditions of a peaceable social de-
velopment in this country.
Under the misguiding and cor
rupting influence of prejudice and
class-hatred, those men have been
condemned without any conclu-
sive evidence as accessories to a
crime. the principles Of which, as
we'll as the motives which may
have actuated the same, are un-
known.
The execution of this sentence
would be a disgrace to the honor
of our nation, and would strength
en- the very doctrines it is ostensi-
bly, directed against.
The undersigned appeal there
fore to you as representatives OF
organized labor, the foremost
champion of our rights and liber-
ties, to Immediately take such
steps as may save our country
from the disgrace of an act that
can be considered in no other
light than as a judicial murder,
The Labor enquirer., 1887-10-22

up here. A few Of us are endeay-
oring to keep the ball rolling. The
boys are about putting a labor
ticket in the field for county and
district Offices. We are also
looking out for a suitable apart
ment for a Social Club where we
can meet and discuss questions Of
interest to the workers. At first
we shall invite enquiring minds or
those open to conviction to take
part in our discussions, and grad
ually work up the interest until
we can invite the public to attend,
and fill a hall.
There is much prejudice among
people here on account of a lack
of information in reference to the
movement As is already known
! differ from the State Socialists
as to what is to supercede the
present system. Though l may
submit to majority rule for the
present ! do so in many instances
under protest, but as l have said
repeatedly we are all determined
upon a change and aim at the
complete destruction of the pres
ent system, if system it can be
called. We may differ as to
methods, ETC., but ] am ever ready
to take part even in and with the
primary class, if by so doing SO ]
can be of service in stirring up
thought or in training the minds
of others to think and investigate
for themselves.
The Haymarket tragedy in Chi
60 has done more to stir the slug
CARDS of this county than could be
done in years by the ordinary
methods. Future generations
alone will know the magnitude of
the sacrifice such propaganda has
cost. The lives of the seven an
archists will not be sacrificed in
vain, yet cannot bear the thought
of them being murdered on the
scaffold and hope they may OBJ
tain new trial and escape the
fate which so many reformers
have met all along the line of his
tory.
The ENQUIRER will be read with
increased interest by workingmen
about Aspen in the future.
Fraternally, ScRIBENDI.
ASPEN, Colo, Oct. II.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-10-22
writ.sn for rhs rnauirsi'
THE rocs1N.
BY WILLIAM CLARKE MARSHALL.

Signals of storm Ger the lakes and the land; S
Flashing of steel and flashing of brand;
Ringing of helmets and grinding of knife;
Gaunt Labor calling her children to strife!
Form! Form Workingmen, Form!
! Ready! get ready, to meet the Storm!
The tyrants are forging their bay nets anew:
Who are they for if they are not for you3
You who, impotent, have weakened your chainf
And bark! They are driving the rivets again
Thousands of years they have trampled your blood;
See, it reddens the fanes of their old money god!
What is the outcome but horror and shame7
What your rewards but rod and hame2
They are building galows new Lessons to teach!
They hanging your brothers for freedom Of speech
You are held to your tasks by pretorian gun!
You clubbed if you halt and shot down you run
Honest" they call you whlepeaceful you Dig
Honest! contented to live like pig;
Honest! your daughters they curse with stain
That blisters your lips to give it
Honest! your sons their prisons to fill!
Honest! your aged their pauper dens kill!
Honest! your babes to the sinister floods
Which shelter and fatten their crocodile gods!
.Lo, you'll upon the bright breast of the West
A fortress A menace, your courage to test!
Thus your petitions are answered.; their eers
Are fitting replies for your whines and your tears.
Our bravest, our truest our best are in chains!
Shame to the watery blood in your veins!
Starvelings of honor and cufses of earth!
Proud Of your copper badgers sign of serf!
Doffit Who 'mong ye are freemen, free born!
Resolved and the cities in sackcloth shall mourn
The day! Let their basties go down in the morn
While the flames of your wrath mock the red Of the dawn
Now form ye by ones, or form ye by twos
Squads or battaIions, form as ye choose;
One is enough if he'll do what he
The glory of life is the dying for man!
The Labor enquirer., 1887-10-22
America. Police Methods Adopted.

PARIS. Oct.-An anarchist meet
ing. which was addressed by Louis
Michel at Menilmontant to-day,
ended with an affray with the po-
lice and many persons were
wounded by shots from revolvers.
Three arrests were made.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-10-22
prompted by the basest and most

prompted by the basest and most
un-American motives.
This is an issue on which all
patriotic citizens ought to stand
united. No factional differences
ought to divide US when the fun
damental principles of American
liberty are at stake.
Leaving to you to decide as to
the most efficient method to be
adoped, we would suggest that a
call be issued by all the represen-
tative labor organizations of this
country for great public demon
strations to be held simultaneous
ly in this and mall other cities Of
the union on or about the twen-
tieth of October.
Hoping you will consider this
our communication in the spirit
in which we address it to you, we
remain, yours in the cause of hu-
manity and justice.
SAMUEL GoMPERs.
JAMES E. QUINN.
MARTIN A. HANLY.
FRANK A. HANLY.
FRANK FERRIL.
EDWARD KING.
EVERETT GLAcKIN.
HENRY ENRICH.
ToM O'REILLY.
JOHN D. Dunn.
GEO. H..McVEY.
A. G. JOHNSON.
MATTHEW BARR.
FRED HALLE R.
M. ]. KELLEY.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-10-22
ASPEN IN LINE.
A Labor Ticket For County Election.

Editor Labor Enquirer. tst
/ have been in this pretty noun
tain town now two weeks and am
so well pleased with Aspen and
the most radical Of her laboring
men that / have determined to
remain here, provided ] succeed
in keeping myself employed. :.
It's wonderful the amount Of
thought Comrade Haskell stirred
The Labor enquirer., 1887-10-22
Retrospective Chances Through
Portions Of Old World
History.
FROM The GRBATxACHINRRY
Inyentlng Period Dates the Birth Of
the Menopslist and
Capitalist.
For the Enquirer.

For the Enquirer.
While insisting that the railroad
and the free trade questions are on
all fours, let me 60 a step farther
and remind you that the railroad
is itself but part of that great
machine industry which has
shaped SO wondrously the life of
this nineteenth century; and, just
p as the railroad is the actual en-
bodiment of the free trade abstrac-
ton, so is the machine industry
the iron mold that has stamped
ineffaceably its image upon the
present era. Examine the matter
as it stands, not from the point of
view of preconcieved theories, but
with eyes directed solely to the
actual facts in the case. Execra-
bic as our land system is-and who
condemns it more roundly than
the Socialistl-histo is there to
show us that, even in the most
thickly settled countries, humanity
did for ages, in spite of the land
lords, manage to lead life in
which the tramp was practically
unknown; in whichtown- and coun-
try worker alike could always
command sons price; in which, in
short, existence was evidently
bearable since centuries rolled
away with scarcely murmur of
discomfort on the part of the land
less. Somehow, say, the people
of the western hemisphere found
it possible to lead a peaceful,
healthy domestic life until this
nineteenth century, and somehow
in this nineteenth century they
have evidently become convinced
that this is no longer possible.
Some greater power than landlord
ism must have arisen, for landlord
ism-save in countries such as
France and Ireland, where agricul-
turc of the most primitive kind
was the only occupation-had
clearly shown itself capable OF
driving the people to despair.
Somehow in every mechanical
country-such, for instance, as En-
gland-the worker had been able
to hold his own and progress in
spite of it.
You will doubtless have noticed
that it is almost exclusively to
these non-mechanical countries
that Mr.. George turns for his illus
trations; it is the figure of the
evicted Irish peasant, of the exiled
Scotch crofter, of the starving In
dian ryot, of the French erfgath-
ering nettles by the highway that
constantly fronts one in his pages.
This is no mere litarary accident,
it is the restriction Of necessity,
for il is only in the primitive soci-
cites that the landlord is abso-
lutely master of the situation.
Where community has advanced,
where the mechanical srts have
become an integral part Of its life,
the situation is vastly altered. The
nation is no longer content with
the simple necessaries Of life which
nature yields almost for the ask
ing; it demands, as of right, a
thousand and one artificial appli-
onces which the landlord alone is
unable to supply. The shadow of
rival then steals its way to his
throne. and the owner of the
shadow quickly mounts the steps
and disputes the existing occu-
pants title to the seat. FIRST the
skilled artisan draws near who,
with tools in his hand, il able to
supply the nations wants, and,
The Labor enquirer., 1887-10-22
Y. A. WILDER.
One Of Mr. Georges Political
Bedisllows and an ''Cld
Party" Hack.
has A COLORADO HISTORY.
The Kind Of Political Oarrion Hunters
Attracted to the Land-Tax
Agitator.

|
That Henry George has de-
scended from the high position Of
an honest and conscientious re-
former to that Of the poliey-play-
ing polition, is becoming more ev-
ident as his plans are developed.
John Swinton, a man who has sac
rifced for the labor cause a for
tune almost as large as the one
Mr.. George has made out of it,
said to reporter of the New
York San the other day when
spoken to regarding the jobbery
and crookednessin Georges party:
Il refer to such jobbery as that
of the last election, for example,
when the bosses of the George
ring traded'with the democracy on
the state judicial ticket and with
the republicans for members of
congress, and to the evidence that
such jobbery is going on this year
not only with Boss Platt for the
republicans, and with Jimmy
O'Brien for himself, but also with
others yet out of sight"
Startling accusations, coming as
they do from man like John
Swinton-a man whose self-sacri-
fice and honesty in the fight for
labor's rights is so we'll known!
Il will run this paper and keep up
this fight as long as have a dol
lar to my name," said he to
frien dly adviser, who sought once
to convince him that financial
ruin would be the inevitable result
did he not withdraw from the la
Dor fight. His adviser was right
in his predictions. John Swinton's
paper went down. Not so, how
ever, with its editor; for he stands
to-day among the few men in the
United States who are fit critics OF
any man or set of men who
assume the leadership of the la
Dor movement. He says there is
rottenness and jobbery in the
George Party. Now, there are
always good grounds to believe
carrion exists when we see buzz
yards lowering over certain To-
cality.
The only object of this article is
to show that there is one man in
the George party in New York,
who is there with the same pur-
pose that animates the lowering
buzzard-carrion.
1t will be necessary to 60 back
to the year 1881 in the history of
a little mining camp known as Ir-
win, in Gunnison county, Colora-
do. The writer was there and has
a distinct recollection of the COM
ing to camp of man named V.
A. Wilder. He came with -four
ish; came to buy and operate
mines; came as the representative
of millions of Eastern capital
so he gave it out. v. A. Wilder
was the great man of Irwin for a
little while. He operated a mine,
and one day about the time the
winter SHOWS were beginning to
cover the ground, he informed his
miners that a reduction would be
made in their wages. The wages
had been the same as were paid
in every mine in Gunnison county
at the time.
The miners offered to leave the
settlement of the question to a
committee of merchants in camp.
mo compromise, nor interference
with my business; if you don't
like my terms take a walk" was
the answer Wilder gave the min
er's committee. The hardships
Continued on NTH page.l
The Labor enquirer., 1887-10-22


zation advances, and craftsman
ship is succeeded by the great
machine industry, appears the
burly figure Of the capitalist,
trampling, with scarce an effort.
the hand worker under foot, and
squeezing our friend the landlord
to the very edge of the seat in
which he has stretched himself so
comfortably for ages.
This is no fancy picture. | have
not sketched it thus because am
a Socialist, with a preconceived
theory that the machine and
money questions are more impor-
tant than the land question. 1t is
from actual fact that am drawing;
put it to any reader whether ii
is not a fact that, while in primi-
tive communities, such as the
Highlands of Scotland and the
western slopes of Ireland, the
landlord rules supreme, in those
countries, snch as England, Bel
gium and the United States, in
which the mechanical arts have
reached high stage of develop
ment, the capitalist cuts fully as
important figure as the landlord.
This is the awkward fact that Mr..
George does not and cannot ex
plain away; according to his
scheme the only fat man in the
family should be the landlord.
A few years ago Mr.. George
made an extended tour throughout
the British Isles, and accom-
plished some greatly needed work.
In Ireland he found country in
which the land question is all-im-
important, has long since passed
through the mere discussion stage,
and is new settling itself to the
rattle of the musket and the glare
of the incendiarist's torch. Inl
Scotland again he found the
heather ablaze with the crofter
question. Now from any point in
either Scotland or Ireland, it is a
shorter journey to the very heart
of England than that which / have
to face in passing from Portland,
Oregon, to Son Francisco, and it
may well have seemed to Mr..
George that, of all the spots on
earth, England, at whose very
doors the anti-landlord fight was
raging, would lend the readiest ear
to the message he carried with
him, But it was not so. In the
Standard of September "a, which
/ have just been reading, Mr..
George takes occasion to flout the
idea that the English Socialists
are making any considerable head
way, and insists that it is the land
question that is flaming up there,
as in other countries, as the burn
ing question of the time. 1t is al
ways difficult to unearth the truth,
but, unless both the letters of pri-
vate correspondents and the labor
papers have misled me more than
| can imagine possible, Mr.. George
is deliberately falsifying history.
All the evidence has appeared to
point to the conclusion that, in
spite of the reputation which PRO
gress and Poverty" had created for
him, and the eloquence which he
so signally displayed, the Social
democratic Federation and the
Socialist League on the one hand,
and the trades unions on the other.
were too strong for him. | con-
ceive that Mr.. George is superior
to patriotism; that the country
that will always lie nearest his
heart is that in which his ideas
are most quickly terminating, and
that the sole reason for his aban-
doning business in England was
that business was, comparatively |
speaking. abandoning him. This
any student of English history
could have foretold.
England learned her lesson
i Il
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1887-07-21
The Little Children That Are Gone.

Why do they come, these little ones
that enter our homes by the gateway
of suffering, and that linger with us a
few months, uttering no words, smil-
ing in a mysterious silence, yet speak
ing eloquently all the time of the puri-
ty and sweetness of heaven? Why
must they. open the tenderest fountains
OF natures only to leave them so soon
choked with the bitter tears of loss? 1t
is impossible wholly to answer such
questions of the tortured heart. but
one can say, in general, that these
little temporary wanderers from q
celestial home come and go because of
the great love of God. 1t is an inesti-
mable blessing to have been the parent
of child that has the stamp of heaven
upon its brow, to hold it in ones arms,
to minister to it, to gaze fondly down
into the little upturned face, and to re-
joice in the unsulfied beauty Of its
smiles, and then-to give it back to
God at His call, with the thought that
in heaven, as upon earth, it is still our
own child, n member of the household
still, to be counted always AS one of
the children whom God hath given us.
Such love chastens ard sanctfies the
hearts of the father and mother, car
ries them out beyond time and sense,
and gives them hold upon the un-
seen. As things OF great value always
cost. it is worth all the sorrow TO have
known this holy affection and to have
this treasure im-'heaven.-CMcago Ad-
Uance.